Meh.....not an issue when the gun owner has a secure storage device (safe/gun locker) for his/her weapons. A home burglary/intruder alarm wouldn't hurt, either......

If that were true then there would never be an excuse for any successful home robbery...or bank robbery. If you don't want something stolen you keep quiet about it and/or keep it well hidden. Once someone knows anything is in a certain location it can be stolen. The question then is just who wants it how badly and how much time will they have. You can secure property to a point but if a determined enough thief wants it he'll get it.

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This is a bit different than past stunts papers have pulled. This isn't a release of who has a CCW, which is public record, for better or worse. This was a release of literally who owns a gun. I'm pretty sure that info is restricted by federal law, but that might be only federal record keeping.

If the state requires that the weapon be registered, then the registration 'certificate' (for lack of a better word) is public record. That would not only mean name & address of the owner.....but (I believe) the type of weapon(s), as well.

Not my area. I have no idea (thankfully) what NY requires by way of information. I also don't know whether there is some exception to FOIA requirements that might have been applied here. I'd still like to know whether you think guns should be registered or not. I'm genuinely curious about that.

..........I'd still like to know whether you think guns should be registered or not. I'm genuinely curious about that.

I have no problem with registering guns.

When I was Chicago PD, we all had to register our weapons (even those not used on the job) except for shotguns and certain rifles IIRC. At that time, handgun ownership had already been restricted in Chicago.

But back to your question.....nope.....I got no problem with gun registration, at all.

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